Best alternatives to Open in IE (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Open in IE, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Open in IE alternatives, compared
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Open With iTunes™
Easily open desired links in iTunes
≈10K users3.8★ from 233 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years4 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in IE
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated less recently
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Open in Firefox™ Browser
Open current page, link, or all tabs in the Firefox browser with a left-click or through right-click context menu.
≈50K users3.5★ from 155 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago5 permissions- About 2.5× more users than Open in IE
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
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Open in Yandex™ Browser
Open current page, link, or all tabs in the Yandex browser.
≈3K users4.2★ from 5 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- About 6.7× fewer users than Open in IE
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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Open in PDF Reader
Send PDF links directly to your favorite PDF viewer like Adobe Acrobat Reader
≈90K users3.5★ from 49 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago7 permissions- About 4.5× more users than Open in IE
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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Open in Winzip
Easily open desired links in Winzip
≈10K users3.7★ from 88 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in IE
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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Open Frame
Adds context menu items to open a frame (or iframe) in the current tab, a new tab, new window, or incognito window.
≈10K users4.3★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago3 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in IE
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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Auto Open Add-on
Auto open the selected add-on when Gmail, Calendar, Drive or Docs starts.
≈1K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 20× fewer users than Open in IE
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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IT Hit Edit Doc Opener
Enables opening documents for editing directly from the WebDAV server and saving back to server without download and upload steps.
≈100K users4.3★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago6 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Open in IE
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
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Open via Google Maps
Open selected addresses in Google maps directly from the same page
≈6K users4.4★ from 24 ratings4 permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Open in IE
- Rated 1.0 stars higher
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Open in Sci-Hub
Quickly opens link or page in Sci-Hub
≈20K users3.9★ from 17 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to Open in IE
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
Open in IE alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Open in IE?
By users, the most popular alternative is IT Hit Edit Doc Opener with ≈100K users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Open With iTunes™.
Which Open in IE alternative has the best rating?
Open With iTunes™ has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 3.8 out of 5 from 233 ratings.
Is there a Open in IE alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Auto Open Add-on asks for 2 permissions, against 4 for Open in IE.
How many alternatives to Open in IE are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Open in IE on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.